The Department of Corrections is remaining tight-lipped about a second confidential document which has been found by a member of the public on the streets - just weeks after another near-identical incident.
The latest document - handed to the media after being given to the mother of an
offender - contained personal details of 22 people under night curfews who were required to wear ankle bracelets.
Auckland woman Yvonne Kiel told 3 News she was handed the papers by her neighbour, who had spotted her son's name on the list.
Corrections yesterday confirmed that the list was from the department but said there was no evidence to back up the claim it had been left in a street.
A spokesman refused to make any further comment.
Last month, a confidential dossier with the names, addresses and other details of some of the country's most notorious paroled criminals was picked up off an Auckland street by a former Corrections Department employee. Following that, a box of confidential police documents relating to the Nia Glassie child abuse homicide was found at an East Tamaki tip.
Corrections has confirmed it is investigating the possibility a disgruntled staff member smuggled the Glassie documents out of an Auckland women's prison.
A staff member responsible for losing the paroled offenders dossier has since been suspended but it is not clear if they were also responsible for the Nia Glassie files or the recent night-curfews list.
Corrections Minister Phil Goff had little to say about the latest incident. His spokesman said chief executive Barry Matthews was investigating the incident and would report back to the minister once that was completed.
National Party law and order spokesman Simon Power said it was time the public had answers about what was going on inside Corrections.
"It is extremely odd and very concerning that three separate incidents have occurred in such quick succession. You can't discount the possibility now that it's not just the public that have got a problem with confidence in the department."
- NZPA
